Spinning-ring.



6. J MM? M. H. MALONEY.

SPINNING RING. ArrLmA-Tlonnnsnnmze,190s;

1,088,158. 7 l Patentd Feb. 24, 1914.

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MICHAEL H. MALONEY, OF CHELSEA, MASSACHUSETTS.

SPINNING-RING.

Specification of Letters Patent. .Patented Feb 24 1914.

Application filed December 26, 1906. Serial No. 349,496.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MICHAEL H. MALONEY, of Chelsea, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, a citizen of the United States, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Spinning-Rings, of which the following is a specification.

The essential object of my invention is to provide a construction in which lint cannot lodge and accumulate so as to impede the rotative action of the traveler ring or carrier ring attached to it. This object is attained by providing bearings presenting sharp edges upon which the traveler ring or carrier ring rest to rotate and which are arranged to wipe along the under side of the ring during its rotation.

My invention can best be seen and understood by reference to the drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a plan of a base embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan of the base .with the ring in place thereon. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the device shown in Fig. 8, and Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3. Fig.

6 is a cross section of a slightly modified type of ring structure to which reference will later be made.

Referring to the drawings :A is a portion of a ring rail to which is attached a base B.

C is a carrier or bearing ring which cooperates with the base to rotate thereon as will hereinafter be explained.

I) is a traveler ring mounted on the bearing ring and fixedly secured thereto by means of ears 0 project-ing inwardly from the inner side of the bearing ring and on which ears the traveler ring rests with clips 0 projecting also from the bearing ring and extending over and clasping the bottom flange d of the traveler ring,

E is the traveler.

The carrier or bearing ring (3 comprises a light, thin ring preferably annular in shape and considerably larger than the traveler ring from which it projects outwardly in the manner of a wide flange. The traveler rlng is the ordinary double-flange ring like those ordinarily used as a stationary ring and having besides the bottom flange d an upper flange d In so far as the present invention is concerned a separate carrier or bearing ring C may be dispensed with and the traveler rlng provided" with a wide bottom flange G as shown in Fig. 6. p

The base B is provided with a plurality .of separate posts b in which the carrier ring is mounted to rotate and be retained against lateral and radial displacement. Between the respective posts or members Z; are interposed bearings 19 presenting sharp edges or surfaces. These bearings areof such height that the carrier ring when mounted to rotate in the respective posts will rest also in part upon the respective bearings. The bearings are also preferably so arranged that the top surface of each bearing will cross the width of the bearing ring from its periphery to its inner edge as shown in Fig. 3, with the effect that when the bearing ring during its rotation engages the sharp edges presented by the respective bearings its under surface will be wiped along the same and become scraped thereby and so kept clean.

The carrier or bearing ring may be mounted on the several posts of the base to rotate on and between the same in any suit able manner. According to the construction shown each of the several posts excepting one post on one side of the base is provided with a groove 6 for receiving the edge of the ring and by which it is held against axial and radial displacement. The aforesaid one post, however, has no groove but is cut away to form only a lateral bearin for the ring like the other posts, and an under bearing 6 This permits of the carrier or bearing ring being laterally applied over the post that is cut away to fit into the grooves of the other posts and then be turned down into place.

It is evident that my invention may be applied to other types 'of base and ring support. Accordingly I do not desire to limit the invention to the particular type of base and support shown.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. In a device of the character specified, the combination with a traveler ring, of a bearing ring to which said traveler ring is rigidly secured, a base having members for holding the bearing ring during the rotation thereof, and bearings presenting sharp top surfaces arranged to wipe along the under side of the bearing ring during its rotation.

2. In a device of the character specified,

the combination of a rotary ring, a base having members for holding the ring during the rotation thereof and which base has also bearings for said ring, the same presenting sharp surfaces arranged to Wipe along the under side of the ring during its rotation.

31A spinning ring of the character specified having a rotary ring and a base of support provided With sharp edged bearings on Whieh said'rotary ring is mounted and which are adapted and .arranged to Wipe V alongthe under side of said ring during its 1 Copies of this patent may be obtained for operation. e

4. A spinning ring of the character specified having a rotary ring and a base of supfive cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of latenta. Washington, D. C. 

